New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-04
THE YACHTS AT NEW.LONDON
GENERAL pAINHs VOLUNTEER GREETED.
NEWS RECEIVED FROM THE THIsTLE-FIxINa THE
DATES FOR RACES.


NEw-LoNDoN, Conn. Aug. 3.-New-London has
boom. II lasts only aay. II will pass away with
the sailing of the New-York Yacht Club fleet TO-
morrow aui therefore New-London makes the most
of IT. Those who can't talk about nausical things
OF least don nautical Costumes The gathering Of
the heet brings % rich harvest to the Pequot house.
oil which most OF the yachts anchored Every
room is eueaged and many guests have to content
themselves with The house is aoorneu WIN
bunting and Chinese Lanterns and tonight displayed
frew orks But tairest of all its adoroments are the
pretty women In natty yachting suits on the front
pazza talking ylchts to athletic young fellows
who for the occasion boiled shirts aud array
themselves in blue and white hannels and look
picturesque and comfortable. The Priscilla has not
yet reacned the harboI. though she may come IN De-
fore morning. The Atlantic and Puritan VIII make
hard tight It, and among the schOoners the contest
of the Crawling the Sacbem aud the roquois will be
watched with peculiar interest. 1t is sald ihat 'pe
Volunteer has been detained by tog Commodore
Gerrys yacht Electra, the hagship OF INC Ho"
York club. got under way from the ioot OF nss'
Twenty -sixth-st to-day There we're on o'ard posuo'
the Commodore, JOhu II. Bird. the secretary oi 'ho
New-York Yacht Club; Frank w. Hurst, treasurer;
DR.. Morris J. Asch, feet surgeon Mel oiseh' 'nc
club superintendent. and half q dozen newspaper
men, The Electra was In fautIess order ner o'hsS
fittings were Nc bright polishing could make them'
and not speck of dirt dust was anywhere slsioio
about her As eyery body in the New-foik iacht
Club Knows there better host atoat or on sho'e
than Commodore Gerry, and with spanking oreIeo
which Hecked the of the Sound with wh"e
caps ard made things cool, the trip to New-bonoon
was delightful one. he breeze, however, was dead
against the yachts that hal to make their way nnder
sail. on Ma innicock little before noon, lno
Electra passed thu May6ower ana the lroquos III tuo
wake of tug that irving hard to get tben "
New-Loudon before nlghtfall With sails fured they
did not present q striking picture Later on the
schooner Palmer passed beating up tne oouho
and Keeling well over to the breeze.
The GrayIing and Atlantic we're seen -our miles
west OF Fankners Island, with the white sioop eao
ing, but they were too tar away 10 tell winch no'
was going fastest As the Electra reared new
I,ondop seyeral Yachts were beating INTO ihe
hsrbor. The handsome steam yacht Norma came gu.
OF the harbpr and greeted the Comnodore's yacht
with a salute who was returned, ana Inc No''""
rounded to and followed in the wake OF the b'ectI
New-London Light vas passed al d o CLOCK ihoH
was beheld a spectacle which filed yacbtsmens
hearts with anic patons OF the sport hat
will begin on tho morrow Some seventy yacnts 'a9
at anchor their mssts looking Ike forest oil spars
aad towering above them all was the tau malnhas' VI
the Puritan. Numerous catbonts with cleaning
white sns were fitting sboit the harbor, and stesn
yachts biz and little gliding hiiher ar thitner.
The cutter BedouIn win tremendous cluo topsau
crui.ed about With her high free boaru, she doesn't
look Us pretty the sloops, but she can sometimes
push the seoond-cass Ones hard when 1t blows.
The Electra dropped her anchor at ten minutes after
and fired gun The echo OF its report had hardij ded
away when pus of white smoke broke out from nearly
al the assembled yachts and then came the BOOM oooh
OF the mimic cannon. Then ensigns were upPoo
Among the schooners in the harbor are the fhanoih
Madeline Harbinger. Republic. AgDcs. Magic ahderer'
Gitana Mohicau. Norseman AmbAssadress Iroubadvr'
sacLem Resoute Haleyon, Lotus Eolus and speranza.
Among the singe-stickers are the Puritan Wheaway'
Pocahontas. BERTHE, Regina. Ttania Gracie Corinne.
Huron, Iseult, Mystery, Athon Dare Mischet ana
Bedouin some OF the steam yachts are the PUZZLE
Surprlse, Empress, Orrmoore, Magnolia Nereo'
Fedalma, Lucille, Norma and Lagonda
Mr. Bird has news from Mr. Bell the chief owner OF
the Thistle With Mrs Bell he will sail on the City OF
Rome August 81 He expects that the Thistle will cross
I'm about twenty-five DAYS. Accompanying Mr. Beils
letter were several fine photographs OF the Thistle
How Ike the Volunteer! How like the American
soop! were the EXPLANATIONS OF most ~ those VINO sa"
them.
But precisely because Of this resemblance II is feared
that she will be the more dangerous The photographs
show TOO that she has an spread OF canvas and
her build indicates that she powerful enough TO carry
1t all.
No less than six offers OF have been made to the
New York Yacht Club be competed for the present
cruise A meeting was held today to act upon these
Offers First considered the for the Goeet
cups at Newport. That engagcu ent was imperative
and q date had TO be fixed for race Next th5
question what to do about the mugs for which the
citizens OF Newport have collected 81. 900 had
be answered Then the offer OF from the yacht
loving people Of Marha's Vineyard demanded settle
They have rendered cups for two races one over
thirty miles long for rstclass soops and the
other for second-cass sloops a seventeen
miles ng II is proposed that the trstclass soops
should start the Nobsks Point Light of Woods
H0ll. and after rounding the Rip light vessel describe
triangular terminating OF the Sea View House.
For the smaller soops the proposed course is tri-
angular one starting and terminating of the Sea View
fba'sV vor1 The exf uatfe ring
attention the proposition of J. Pierpont Morgan,
owner Of the steam yacht Corsar, made in a letter to
Commodore Gerry, dated August l. Tho letter fol-
lows:
DEAR SIR: With a view to increase the interest in
the approaching cruise OF the NewYok Yachi Club to
Marblchead and 10 insure, II practicable combined
ovelnent of the feet to that port, wish TO make to
you officially the following proposition 10 be laid before
:he meeting of the captains the yachts at New London
G for yas a TO- e squad
on the from Holiness Hole TO Marbenead Rock.
One cup value $1,000, for schooners; one cup value
$780, soops seyentyone .eet the wafer line;
cup value $500 for soops sevcniyone feet or less
from an imaginary line drawn north from East Chop
Light and the time OF finish to be taken at stake boat
the southern point Of Lowell sland the yachts TO be in
cruising trim
yachts shall enter each class and that the shall
take place as soon as weather viii permit after e the
after for the yachts to reach Vineyard Haven from New
3, viii you kindly lay the letter before the captains and
advise of their decision by wire at Highland Falls,
Orange County, N u Yours respectfully,
j. PERPoYT MORGAN
Then date had to be settled for the regatta Of the
Eastern Yacht Club of Marblehead In which the New
York Yacht Club has agreed TO participate The prizes
offered aggregate In value 81 800 Following the regatta
the contest by the big soops Tor the $1,000 cup
offered by The Boston Herald and lastly IL had TO be de-
cided whether anything could he done to satisfy the
anxiety OF Nova Scotia yachtsmen to have some Amer
can soops walk off with their Jubilee prizes.
The Volunteer arrived at 6:10 and sailed through
feet receiving rousng greeting from yacht
being discharged and steam whistles set to toot
ing. Where there means OF making a noise
ensigns were dipped The Volunteer presented
beautiful appearance When sighted she had an
enormous spnnaKer set but lowered II entering the
harbor bcd and went through the feet on the star
board Boston people here enthusiastic about